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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Woman Hollering Creek.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Corin Tellado published more than how many novels in her lifetime?
(a) 4,000
(b) 1,200
(c) 2,250
(d) 750

2. Juan Pedro wants to marry Cleofilas right away for what reason?
(a) They have had a baby
(b) She is pregnant
(c) His father insists he marry or he will be disinherited
(d) He can’t take much time off work

3. What Spanish phrase in the story translates to “bad air”?
(a) Mala suerte
(b) Mi querida
(c) Mariachi
(d) Mal aire

4. What does the Spanish word “pues” translate to in English?
(a) Accept
(b) Make
(c) Well
(d) Lift

5. Cleofilas was born and raised in what Mexican state?
(a) Tabasco
(b) Coahuila
(c) Michoacán
(d) Sonora

Short Answer Questions

1. In the telenovela Maria de Nadie, the heroine is a poor country girl from where?

2. What Spanish phrase from the story is translated as “on the other side”?

3. According to the narrator, Juan Pedro has a bit of a belly from what?

4. What phrase from the story is translated from Spanish as “Do you understand?”

5. In the town where Cleofilas grew up, the narrator says “there isn’t very much to do except accompany the aunts and godmothers to the house of one or the other to” do what?

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